Whiskey Quotes · Page 9

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.

— W. C. Fields

The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of…

— David Daiches

...I was tired of men. Hanging in doorways, standing too close, their smell of beer or fifteen-year-old whiskey. Men who didn't come…

— Janet Fitch

I'm doing an introduction for one of Ralph's [Steadman] books. He's doing something called Gonzo, the Art I think he's stealing from…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle…

— Nguyen Cao Ky

I'm drowning in whiskey river.

— Willie Nelson

“Like most Michigan natives, Ferguson had a vague knowledge of a thing called barbecue, but had never actually eaten any. He was,…

— Doug Worgul

I must not mix champage, whiskey, and gin. (Repeated fifty times to fill column.)

— Westbrook Pegler

After the week at the Fillmore we flew down to L.A. to hang out and pick up whatever gigs we could. We…

— Mitch Mitchell

I was just staying home and getting stoned and drinking. It was a pretty rough period. I think that's kind of the…

— Lydia Loveless

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

— Artie Shaw

Son, if you can't take their money, drink their whiskey, screw their women, and then vote against 'em, you don't deserve to…

— Sam Rayburn

There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men…

— H. L. Mencken

I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.

— Billy Childish

I contented myself with whiskey, for medicinal purposes. It helped numb my various aches and pains. Not that the alcohol actually reduced…

— Haruki Murakami

The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would…

— Alice Sebold

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and likes to see us happy.

— Benjamin Franklin

All right. Let's give you something to tell your grandkids about. Or great-grandkids. Or great-great-grandkids." I snort with glee, delirious with excitement.…

— Sara Gruen

If you're going to be a writer you should sit down and write in the morning, and keep it up all day,…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.

— George Burns

“Life is sweet when the whisky's sour.”

— Jazz Egger

It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If I'd just paid money to watch a soccer game, I'd want to kill someone too (once the buzz wore off and…

— Tom O'Brien

We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.

— Charles Kelley

I drink a lot of everything; beer while watching football. I have a taste for whiskey, but Jack Daniels and ginger is…

— Jeff Gannon